第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS

1，So great is our passion for doing things for ourselves, that we are becoming increasingIy less dependent on specialized labour.

全句使用的基本句型是so...that意为"太...以至于...",引导结果状语从句

So great is out passion 为倒装语序，其正常语序是Our passion for doing things for ourselves is so great that...

为了强调great这个词，把so great提到句首，因此主谓语要倒装

Become/be dependent on 意为"依赖，依靠"新概念二册

e.g. In China, farming is no longer dependent on the weather. 在中国，种田不再完全靠天了。

2，No one can plead ignorance of a subject any longer, for there are countless do-it-yourself publications.

plead ignorance of sth. 以不知道......为借口

e.g. He pleaded ignorance of the accident.

Not ... any longer=no longer,表示"不再"，本句中No one构成了否定形式，因此应使用any longer，不应使用no longer

do-it-yourself为合成词，意思自己动手做的。

合成词是将一个词组或一个句子中的每一个单词用连字符链接，作为一个单词来使用的构词形式。这类合成词多作为定语。E.g.

a can't-be-put-down photo 一张爱不释手的照片

3，Armed with the right tools and materials, the newlyweds gaily embark on the task of decorating their own homes.

armed with引导的过去分词短语，在句中做方式状语，修饰embark。Be armed with意为"装备"，相当于be equipped with

embark on 开始从事